A day off! I could really use one. The kids are home, and DH is home working on his garage remodel.

It’s a beautiful day, not too hot, and the sky is a beautiful, clear blue.

I took the kids to their swim lessons this morning. Usually, daycare takes them.

And now, I am relaxing with my iced coffee and playing Farm Town.

1:0

Anti-Boredom Month–July 1-31
Cherry Spitting Day July 7
Chocolate Day: 7 Link
Convenience Store Day (7-11 opened in 1927) – July 11
Father-In-Law Day: 30
Get to Know Your Customers Day: 16 (also January 15, April 16 and October 15)
Hamburger Day – July 28
Health, Happiness With Hypnosis Day: 22
International Joke Day July 1
International Puzzle Day – July 13
Monkey Day – July 21
Nap Day – July 20
National Horseradish Month
National Hug Your Kid Day: 20
National Ice Cream Day: 19 (3rd Sunday)
National Milk Chocolate Day: 28 Link
Pleasure Week–July 1-7
Rabbit Week: July 15th-21st
Second Half of The Year Day: 1
Sinclair Lewis Week: 12-18
Sugar Cookie Day – July 9
Thread The Needle Day – July 25
U.S. Postage Stamp Day: 1
Vanilla Ice Cream Day – July 22
Woodie Wagon Day – July 15

Dear ED,

I’m so tired of you dragging me down. I will be free of you. I will stop listening to you.
You are hateful, and you hurt me. You say ugly things and try to make me feel less than human.
I am not you, but we have been together for a very long time. I used to think you made me stronger, that you were a good tool that helped me cope, and sometimes, you were. However, you have caused me more damage than any benefit you’ve given me.
I’m notscared anymore, when I think of facing challenges without you.

Earthquake

The pill dispensor gave me a version of Burns Depression Checklist. I felt like I was halfway between 2 of the ratings, go I gave myself a rating of 1/2. She’s had 100s of people fill them out, and I’m the only one who has ever rated herself or himself with a 1/2.

It was 107F42/C in our backyard yesterday.

Today is supposed to be much cooler, only 100F/38C.

Oh, and if anyone is thinking that it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity, our humidity peaked at 90% yesterday.

LadyBirth, originally uploaded by thru_myeye.

Some insects are very beautiful.

I am old!

How did that happen?

We were at the American River and climbed down to it so we could swim and float in the raft. There are 3 people there already, 2 men and a woman, all in their early 20s. They were sitting right in the spot where one could walk into the river. It was the only flat spot, so of course, they put their chairs there.

Pulguito asked how to get into the river.

I said, “You can walk between those 2 boys.”

SIGH.

Last weekend, we visited an old friend. She looked awful. She could barely walk. She’d lost a lot of weight, and her arms and face had many scabs on them. I snooped in her kitchen and discovered that she was on a liquid diet again. The last time she was on a liquid diet, she only consumed 1/4 to a 1/3 of the packets of whatever that stuff is that are recommended/prescribed per day. That makes her calorie consumption lower than 1000 cal/day. The scabs are from self-mutilation (aka cutting). She does not have medical insurance.

Did I confront her? No, I’m not up to it. And I don’t believe it would change things. I believe that, aside from the cutting, she thinks that she is being healthy by not eating. She’s overweight, but that wouldn’t matter. Someone who is 66 inches tall and weighs 80 pounds thinks she needs to lose weight if she’s got an eating disorder. It will take some serious intervention and considerable therapy to change things for her, if, and it’s a big if, she wants to change things.